Description |
415 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits, plans ; 32 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-403) and index. |
Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The leanest land -- Dawn in the Aegean: a picture portfolio -- Gods and ancestors -- The divine family: a genealogy -- The twelve Olympians: a picture portfolio -- The age of heroes -- The world of myth: a picture portfolio -- The Greek eruption -- Poets and tellers of tales: an anthology -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta: a chart of script -- Expansion and energy: a picture portfolio -- The rival cities -- The ideal form: a picture portfolio -- Apollo and Dionysus -- The noble structure: a picture portfolio -- Dramatists at their height: an anthology -- The Greeks had a word for it: a glossary -- Life and love -- The Greeks at home: a picture portfolio -- Triumph and tragedy -- The high shrine at Delphi: a picture portfolio -- Prime movers of thought: an anthology -- Posers of problems: a sampling -- Final harvest -- The Autumnal Age: a picture portfolio -- The lasting light -- Reflection and revival: a picture portfolio. |
Summary |
Broad panorama of the living heritage in history, art, science, philosophy and literature, that developed during fifteen centuries of Greek culture. |
Subject |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Greece -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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The Horizon Book of Ancient Greece.
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Civilizacion Griega.
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Grecia Antiguedades.
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Global studies -- Ancient Greece.
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ancient Greece.
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ancient civilizations.
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Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C.
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Added Title |
Horizon (New York, N.Y.)
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Other Form: |
Online version: Hale, William Harlan, 1910-1974. Horizon book of ancient Greece. New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; book trade distribution by Doubleday, ©1965 (OCoLC)564591576 |
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Online version: Hale, William Harlan, 1910-1974. Horizon book of ancient Greece. New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; book trade distribution by Doubleday, ©1965 (OCoLC)608481252 |
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